Since we’re halfway through baseball season, I thought I’d better do our basketball review before it gets totally lost. We’ll always remember this as the year of the ladies in the Ozarks as every state championship game features a team from SW Mo. The Nixa Lady Eagles, Exeter Lady Tigers, and Sparta Lady Trojans each bring home state titles with Sparta running the table at a perfect 31-0. Joining those three in the Show-Me Showdown finals were the Webb City Lady Cardinals & Skyline Lady Tigers who saw their quest to repeat as champs come up 1 point short. Columbia was crowded with Ozarks teams. The Bakersfield, Couch, and Fair Grove girls made the trip. As did the Chadwick, Laquey, Miller, and Blue Eye boys. The Blue & Gold was great. The Tournament of Champions was incredible. And we were treated to one of the best all around basketball seasons ever.
A couple of explanations before we continue. This year I’m naming a team & MVP for each class. I define MVP as the person who has the biggest impact on their team. In other words, take that player off the team and what is the effect? Player of the year is based solely on basketball accomplishments regardless of class. Who did the best relative to their competition. And game of the year means a game between two Ozarks teams. So you won’t see Central beating Rock Bridge listed. With that, here’s some notable moments from the 08-09 basketball season, our All-OzarksSports teams, and a list of seniors that we say ‘Good bye’ and ‘Thank you’ to.
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The teams have all been announced and the teams seeded for the boys side of the inaugural Missouri Challenge May 29th & 30th. The Southwest team is composed entirely of Ozarks players. While the South Central and Southeast teams both have Ozarks players also. St. Louis grabs the top seed, with Kansas City second, and the Southeast third. The Southwest squad gets seeded fourth and will play fifth seed Northeast in the first round.
Missouri Challenge Boys Teams
Southeast
Coach – Greg Holifield – Sikeston
- Austin Brewer – Eminence
- Zach Curry – Bernie
- Donald Dixon – Charleston
- Lance Miller – Farmington
- Austin Greer – Notre Dame
- Josh Minner – NMCC
- Michael Porter – Sikeston
- Riley Raulston – Poplar Bluff
- Drew Thomas – Scott County Central
- Byron Wright – Portageville
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CLASS 4
District 9 at Owensville
As far as the Ozarks fans are concerned, this is a dead man walkin’ situation. Salem has struggled all year and I can’t see them even getting one win here.
- Helias
- Owensville
- Eldon
- Fulton
- St. James
- Salem
Prediction: Owensville takes it over Helias
District 10 at Marshfield
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A number of Ozarks basketball players were included in the Missouri nominees for the McDonald’s All-American Basketball teams. The next step is the first ballot which will be selected sometime early next month. We’ll keep an eye out to see if any of our Ozarks athletes make the next step. Congratulations to all our nominees
Missouri McDonald’s All-American Basketball Nominees
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Top 5 Teams By Class
Class 1
- Chadwick – It’s not just Shaun Thomas. A healthy supporting cast should get Chadwick back to the playoffs.
- Fair Play
- Everton
- Dadeville
- Dora
Continue reading 2008 boys basketball pre-season report
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OK. I’ve told you all about the teams, the conferences, and made predictions for all of them. To wrap up our preview for this year, here’s my picks for district champions, top players, rivalry games, and other games to watch.
DISTRICT CHAMPS & RUNNERS-UP
Class 1
District 3 – Cabool, Marionville, Miller, Thayer
Champ – Miller
Runner-up – Cabool
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